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RELIGIOUS LIFE – Traditions and customs
Some of the Jewish customs of Corfu comprised specific characteristics, owing to the multicultural environment of the island and the close cohabitation of various...
EVERYDAY LIFE – The Jewish Quarter
The Jews of Corfu initially resided on Erisvouni (“Jewish Hill”), which is now known as Campiello Hill. In 1425, with the erection of the...
EVERYDAY LIFE – Language
Corfu, being a bridge between the Balkans and Italy, was bound to become a place of mixed cultures and, therefore, languages. Romaniote Jews in Greece...
EVERYDAY LIFE – Education
Until the 19th century many of the Corfiot Jewish families did not have the means to provide proper education for their children. At most,...
EVERYDAY LIFE – Community organisation and institutions
Admittedly, relations between the two Jewish communities of Corfu, the Greci and the Pugliesi, were never harmonious. When, at the time of the settlement...
EVERYDAY LIFE – Professions and trades
The Jews of Corfu were distinguished by their urban character as well as their professional occupations, which were mainly focused on trade, manufacturing and...
INTELLECTUAL LIFE – Publishing
The Jews of Corfu made an important contribution to intellectual life. A characteristic expression of their progressive thought and contribution to the letters is...
INTELLECTUAL LIFE – Giulio Caimi
Giulio Caimi was born in 1897 in a mansion near the Greca Synagogue, son of Mosé Caimi, publisher of local newspaper The Jewish Chronicler.
The...
INTELLECTUAL LIFE – Albert Cohen
Born in Corfu in 1895, Albert Cohen immigrated with his family to Marseilles in 1900. He would not return to Corfu but once, for...
INTELLECTUAL LIFE – Lazarus Menahem Belleli
Lazarus Menahem Belleli, the polyglot writer and classical scholar, was born in Corfu in 1862. In 1877 he edited Aṭṭeret Baḥurim (The Crown of...
